Mercury Seven

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Original seven Astronauts portrait (L-R: Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Grissom, Glenn, Cooper, Carpenter). Note that Slayton and Glenn are wearing work boots that were spray-painted.

The Mercury Seven was the group of seven Mercury astronauts picked in April 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1.

• M. Scott Carpenter - Mercury-Atlas 7
• L. Gordon Cooper - Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5 (deceased)
• John H. Glenn Jr. - Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95
• Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom - Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1 (deceased)
• Walter M. Schirra - Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
• Alan B. Shepard - Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14 (deceased)
• Donald K. "Deke" Slayton - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (deceased)

See also

• List of astronauts by selection
• Astronaut Group 2
• Astronaut Group 3
• Astronaut Group 4
• Astronaut Group 5
• Mercury 13

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